Norio Ohga

Norio Ohga (29 January 1930-23 April 2011) was the President of Sony from 1982 to 1989, succeeding Kazuo Iwama and preceding Nobuyuki Idei.

Biography
Norio Ohga was born on 29 January 1930 in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. He attended the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music while aspiring to be an opera singer, but his insight in music and technology led to him being recruited into Sony. In 1982, Ohga became president of Sony and its CEO in 1989, forming Sony Pictures Entertainment that year by purchasing Columbia Pictures Entertainment. He also founded Sony Music, Sony Computer Entertainment, and the Playstation gaming console, while also spurring the development of the CD; he remained Chairman of the Board of Sony until 2003, after he suffered a stroke and decided to retire. He died in 2011 at the age of 81.